Minnesota Sounds and Voices: Jef VanSyoc, blacksmith

Minnesota Sounds and Voices reporter Dan Olson wondered, Who has the hottest job in the hot weather this summer?

He found one possibility in an artist's workshop in south Minneapolis, with blacksmith Jef VanSyoc, owner of Vanmadrone.

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Notebooks at Jef VanSyoc's blacksmith studio in South Minneapolis.Photo courtesy Kimberly VanSyoc-LapainisView full galleryJefVanSyoc works with hot metal in his south Minneapolis blacksmith shop and studio.Photo courtesy Kimberly VanSyoc-LapainisSome of Jef VanSyoc's finished work at his south Minneapolis blacksmith shop and studio.Photo courtesy Kimberly VanSyoc-Lapainis